Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 27 January 2017

  • Football coach arrested over alleged child abuse

  • Ely junction plans 'will take a while', say Network Rail

  • Woman dies in A1 crash

  1. Norwich and Peterborough closure: Branches affectedpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Mariam Issimdar
    BBC News

    As we revealed earlier, the owner of the Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) building society is set to close 28 branches

    Table of closuresImage source, YBS

    Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) said it would close the N&P branches and 20 YBS branches this year, putting 440 jobs at risk.

    Mike Regnier, chief executive of YBS, said the closures were in the "long-term interests of our membership".

    "The driving forces behind the proposed branch closures are shifts in market conditions and an increasing desire among customers to transact digitally rather than on the High Street."

    The company said it would continue to have a High Street presence, but under the YBS brand only. 

  2. Healthy food scheme extends to Elypublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    A scheme to make restaurants and cafes in the east Cambridgeshire village of Littleport more healthy , externalhas been hailed a success by businesses.

    Since signing up to the Healthier Options Project in 2015, eateries have been using less salt, sugar and fat.

    It's been so well received it's now going to be extended into Ely.

    The Fish House in Ely and has now signed up to the project. It's the first fish and chip restaurant to join the programme.

    Fish House in Ely

    Ian Kilby, who runs the restaurant, says he wants to offer his customers a choice.

    "We're not trying to enforce any kind of regulations on our customers," said Mr Kilby.

    "The choice is still there for them but we want to offer them that choice to be healthier.

    "Rather than feeling guilty about a food option, we want to make them feel a little bit happier."

    The restaurant will offer a "light bite fish and chip meal" and will "reduce the salt content in their homemade mushy peas and batter". 

  3. Your pictures: Grey Cambridgeshirepublished at 14:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    BBC Weather Watchers

    There's a theme to today's BBC Weather Watchers pictures... grey!

    Here's a taster of some of the best pictures sent in this morning...

    Huntingdon
    Murrow
    Peterborough
  4. Lunchtime weather: Dry but coldpublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    BBC Weather

    Freezing fog patches, locally dense, will tend to gradually lift into low cloud this afternoon.

    It will remain dry but cloudy through the afternoon and become colder, with only limited brighter intervals.

    Highs of 3C (37F).  

    Weather outlook
  5. Rough sleeping rise across Cambridgeshirepublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Seventy five people slept rough in Cambridgeshire in autumn 2016, according to figures released by the government.

    Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government, external show all councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough recorded a rise in rough sleeping in 2016 compared with 2015, with the exception of South Cambs.

    Forty rough sleepers - over half of the total figure - were recorded in Cambridge. That number means the city has the fifth most rough sleepers per 1,000 households in the country.   

    Graph showing rough sleepersImage source, Department for Communities and Local Government

    The breakdown of total rough sleepers in autumn 2016 in the rest of the local authorities are as follows...

    • East Cambs - 4
    • Fenland - 7
    • Huntingdonshire - 3
    • Peterborough - 21
    • South Cambs - 0

    The figures, provided by the local authorities, are the number of people thought to be sleeping rough on any one night between 1 October and 30 November.

    In total, more than 4,000 people a night have been sleeping rough on England's streets, a 16% increase on last year.

  6. End of the line for Norwich and Peterborough Building Societypublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    BBC Business News

    Current accounts with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society will be closed, the brand shut, and some branches closed, it has been announced.

    Building societyImage source, YBS

    Four hundred and forty jobs are at risk as a result of the overhaul.  

    Owner Yorkshire Building Society (YBS),  the UK's second largest mutual, said it would close 48 branches across its network this year.

    Customers of N&P will be contacted to outline their options when accounts close over the course of the year, it said.

  7. Students cycle in memory of Giulio Regenipublished at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    Students in Cambridge are showing their support for murdered academic Giulio Regeni by getting on their bikes.

    About 20 are expected to cycle from Wolfson Court and make their way to the University Library on West Road at about 15:00.

    Cambridge University LibraryImage source, Geograph/N Chadwick

    It's been organised by Claudia Hernandez, a university friend of Mr Regeni.

    Ms Hernandez, a member of the Cambridge-Mexico Solidarity group, said they were cycling to "show solidarity with Giulio's family".

    The cycle ride is one of a number of events and vigils taking place around the world today to mark one year since the Cambridge University postgraduate disappeared in Cairo.

  8. Giulio Regeni: Egypt airs video of murdered Italian studentpublished at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Meanwhile, Egyptian state television has aired a video of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni, showing him being asked for money weeks before his death.

    Footage shows the 28-year-old, who disappeared one year ago today, speaking to the head of a Cairo street vendors' union, who reported him to police a few weeks before he died.

    In the video the union head, Mohamed Abdallah, repeatedly requests payments from the Cambridge student.

    Giulio RegeniImage source, Al Oula

    "My wife has a cancer operation, I will do anything as long as there is money in it," said Mr Abdallah.

    Mr Regeni replied, in Arabic: "Mohamed, I cannot use the money because it is not my money. I cannot use it like that because I am an academic.

    "I cannot tell the institution in Britain in the application that I want to use the money for personal reasons."

    The student explained he would help Mr Abdallah to apply for a grant or workshop worth "10,000 pounds" for union activities but not for personal use.

    Mr Abdallah said: "Is there no other way? A way with personal use?"

    The foreign funding of civil society groups, including trade unions, is a contentious issue in Egypt.  

    The union leader confirmed to news agency Reuters that it was him speaking in the video and he had recorded it himself, on his mobile phone, in early January last year. 

    His motivations for filming the conversation are not known.

    No-one has been arrested over Mr Regeni's death.

  9. 'Truth for Giulio' event to be held in Brusselspublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    An event to mark a year since the disappearance of Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni will be held in Brussels later.

    Alex Mayer, the Labour MEP for the East of England, says she "still doesn't think we've got the truth".

    Giulio RegeniImage source, AP

    Ms Mayer will be hosting the event at the European Parliament.  

    "One year on, we have got to get more answers," she said.

    "I don't think the Egyptian's want to conduct a full and independent investigation. I'm concerned that the British government haven't been putting enough pressure on the Egyptian authorities. 

    "We need to do everything we can to keep up the pressure to get truth and justice."

    In September, Egyptian prosecutors said the country's police investigated Mr Regeni shortly before his abduction, torture and murder, but the inquiry was dropped after concluding he posed no threat.  

    Egyptian officials have denied any involvement in the student's death.  

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed the case had been raised with the Egyptian authorities and it's called for a "full and transparent investigation".

  10. Former PM to become president of charitypublished at 10:54 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Cambridge-based charity Alzheimer's Research UK has a new figurehead.

    David CameronImage source, Getty Images

    David Cameron is to become the president of the charity, based at Granta Park.

    The former prime minister has called for more funding for scientists investigating its causes.

    He told The Times newspaper he is "a huge admirer of the work" the charity does.   

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    Tim Parry, from Alzheimer's Research UK, said Mr Cameron was "a clear choice for the role".

    "He made dementia a priority of his leadership and put it on the world map," he said.

    "He drove incredible progress in the fight back against dementia, so he's a natural fit for the charity."

    David Cameron's appointment comes just months after dementia, including Alzheimer's, overtook heart disease as the leading cause of death in England and Wales.

  11. Everything went wrong for Posh - McCannpublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Peterborough United manager Grant McCann says "everything" went wrong in the League One defeat by Oldham on Tuesday.

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  12. Giulio Regeni: One year onpublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Today marks a year since the disappearance of Cambridge University student, Giulio Regeni.

    Mr Regeni was in Egypt conducting postgraduate research into trade unions when he disappeared on 25 January 2016.

    His tortured body was found in a ditch nine days later.

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    An event marking the anniversary of his death will be held in Brussels later. 

    The event called "Truth for Giulio One Year On" will take place at the European Parliament.

    Labour MEP for the East of England, Alex Mayer, who is hosting the event along with her Italian colleague, Pier Antonio Panzeri MEP, is expected to say there are still too many unanswered questions and no guarantees for the safety of other academics studying abroad.

  13. Man bailed over cyclist's deathpublished at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Kate Williams
    BBC Local Live

    A 22-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the death of a cyclist in Newmarket has been bailed by police. 

    The cyclist died after being involved in a crash with a BMW car on Barbara Stradbroke Avenue yesterday.

    The driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and has been bailed to return to police in April.

  14. McCann 'disgusted' by Posh defeatpublished at 08:54 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Nick Fairbairn
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

    Peterborough United manager Grant McCann has called last night's 2-0 away defeat by relegation threatened Oldham his team's "worst performance" under his tenure.

    Posh remain eighth in League One, four points adrift of the play-offs.

    McCann didn't hold back in his post-match interview...

    Grant McCannImage source, Getty Images

    "We were poor from start to finish", said McCann.

    "That's probably the worst I've seen us play under my management.

    "I'm disgusted at the performance."

  15. Water pipe fixed after second burstpublished at 08:30 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Sam Edwards
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Anglian Water says it has fixed a burst water pipe on Weasenham Lane in Wisbech.

    It burst in the early hours of yesterday morning, leading to flooding on the road.

    Weasenham Lane burst pipeImage source, Cambridgeshire Police

    Engineers have now completed repair work.

    Anglian Water apologised for the disruption and said it was working hard to get the road back to normal as soon as possible.

    It was the second time in a week a water pipe had burst on Weasenham Lane. The water company said freezing temperatures were to blame.

  16. The forecast: Freezing fog due to liftpublished at 08:17 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    BBC Weather

    Today's freezing fog patches will tend to gradually lift into low cloud through the morning

    It will remain dry but cloudy through the afternoon and become colder, with only limited brighter intervals. Maximum temperature: 3C (37F).

    Tonight will be cold, and cloudy, with a widespread sharp frost, perhaps a little drizzle or very light snow. 

    Later in the night the cloud may break, with clear spells by dawn.

  17. Welcome backpublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Good morning and welcome back to live updates for Cambridgeshire on Wednesday, 25 January.

    Here's a picture that just about sums up this morning...

    Barrington

    It's a foggy one out there, with a Met Office weather warning of ice and fog in place until 11:00. Take care when you're travelling about the county.

    A full weather forecast for the day will be on its way shortly.

    You can get in touch with the team here by email, Twitter , externalor Facebook, external.

  18. Oldham Athletic 2-0 Peterborough Unitedpublished at 22:28 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Oldham boost their League One survival hopes by beating play-off hopefuls Peterborough in front of a crowd of more than 7,000.

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  19. Goodbye for nowpublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    Live updates have now finished for the day. We'll return tomorrow from 08:00.

    Scroll back through the feed for anything you may have missed, including...

    • The lorry that shed 1,000 bags of potatoes on the A10 after overturning
    • More on the burst water pipe in Wisbech
    • The former MP who's revealed his rather famous Hollywood cousin

    Have a great evening.

  20. Picture of the daypublished at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2017

    Adam Jinkerson
    BBC Local Live

    It's time for the return of "Picture of the Day" after its successful launch yesterday.

    Today's picture is a stunner, and comes from BBC Weather Watcher "Travel James"...

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